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He can blow his money on 1 million satellites that will all decay back into the atmosphere within a few years

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> He can blow his money on 1 million satellites that will all decay back into the atmosphere within a few years

He can also 'blow' his money on helping people by giving them opportunities:

> In 1993, Harris Rosen “adopted” a run-down, drug-infested section of Orlando called Tangelo Park. Rosen offers free preschool for all children prior to kindergarten and a free college education for high school graduates. Today, the high school graduation rate for Tangelo Park is 100 percent. And no, that is not a typo.

* https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/harris-rosen/

* https://www.today.com/news/millionaire-uses-fortune-help-kid...

Helping people with ALS speak again seems worthy, as does helping humanity become a multi planetary species.

Is throwing up "1 million satellites" going to do those things?

How about running DOGE and gutting USAID?

Or helping Trump get elected? Was that a worthy endeavour? How's that working out for the average American (or anyone else on the planet) with four dollar gas and five dollar diesel?

Decay and be replaced. You make it sound as if this is short term, like flinging confetti up in the air, instead of long term, like tiling a roof.

Why should he be allowed to pollute the night sky like that?

Not to mention the planet. Launching satellites takes an incredible amount of fuel.

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